{"product_id":"harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-parts-one-and-two-special-rehearsal-edition-the-official-script-book-of-the-original-west-end-production","title":"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition) The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production","description":"                                            Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne, \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter and the Cursed Child\u003c\/i\u003e is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London's West End on 30th July 2016.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.\u003cbr\u003eJ .K. ROWLING\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ.K. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter novels, which have sold over 450 million copies and have been translated into 79 languages, and three companion books originally published for charity. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Casual Vacancy\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel for adults published in 2012, and, under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, is the author of the Cormoran Strike crime series. J.K. Rowling is making her screenwriting debut and is a producer on the film \u003ci\u003eFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\u003c\/i\u003e, a further extension of the Wizarding World, due for release in November 2016.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJOHN TIFFANY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Tiffany directed \u003ci\u003eOnce\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he was the recipient of multiple awards both in the West End and on Broadway. As Associate Director of the Royal Court, his work includes \u003ci\u003eThe Twits\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHope \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Pass\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the director of \u003ci\u003eLet the Right One In \u003c\/i\u003efor the National Theatre of Scotland, which transferred to the Royal Court, West End and St Ann's Warehouse. His other work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes \u003ci\u003eMacbeth \u003c\/i\u003e(also Broadway), \u003ci\u003eEnquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Bernarda Alba\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransform Caithness: Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBe Near Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNobody Will Ever Forgive Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the Olivier and Critics' Circle Best Director Awards, \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Gordon Quinn \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHome: Glasgow\u003c\/i\u003e. Other recent credits include \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie \u003c\/i\u003eat ART and on Broadway and \u003ci\u003eThe Ambassador \u003c\/i\u003eat BAM. Tiffany was Associate Director of the National Theatre of Scotland from 2005 to 2012, and was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University in the 2010-2011 academic year.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJACK THORNE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack Thorne writes for theatre, film, television and radio. His theatre credits include \u003ci\u003eHope \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLet the Right One In\u003c\/i\u003e, both directed by John Tiffany, \u003ci\u003eThe Solid Life of Sugar Water \u003c\/i\u003efor the Graeae Theatre Company and the National Theatre, \u003ci\u003eBunny \u003c\/i\u003efor the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, \u003ci\u003eStacy \u003c\/i\u003efor the Trafalgar Studios, and \u003ci\u003e2nd May 1997 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhen You Cure Me \u003c\/i\u003efor the Bush. 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